词组 | of an evening (a morning) |
释义 | of an evening (a morning) 【问】 《英语难题研究一千则》(北师大出版社,1992年,P.64)的作者指出:“《新英汉辞典》将He comes of a morning(an afternoon,an evening,a Sunday)译为:他经常上午(下午,晚上,星期天)来”,是译错了。因为of a morning原指不一定哪个morning,不能译为‘经常上午(来)’。” 您同意这种说法吗? 【答】 我们认为,该书作者的解释是对这个结构的误解。of a morning除可作“不一定哪个早晨”解之外,还可作“上午经常……”解。F.T.Wood在其Current English Usage(1981年,P.185)曾对这个结构作过明确的解释:“of a Saturday morning,of an evening,etc. is old- fashioned usage,still retained in several dialects,to express frequency,repetition or regularity: I always go to church of a Sunday evening. ” 我们再看几个实际例句: 1. I limited myself to two modest ambitions:to do physical exercises every morning and toread more of an evening. (New Concept English,Book 3,P.124) 我有两个切实可行的计划:每天早晨进行体育锻炼,晚上多看些书。 2. Sometimes he goes fishing of a morning(=habitually in the morning). 有时他早晨去钓鱼。 3. They always like to go there of an evening. (LDCE) 他们总喜欢晚上去那儿。 4. What do you do of a Sunday(on Sundays)? (RCD) 星期天你经常做什么? 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第836-837页. |
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